UNIKA Exam Rules

The points to be considered by the students who will take the multiple-choice exams on the UNIKA exam platform are as follows:

  1. Multiple-choice exams to be held in the UNIKA system in the Spring semester of the 2021-2022 Academic Year; using mobile devices, tablets or computers, in the exam halls specified according to the exam programs announced by the academic units and under supervision. For the Atatürk's Principles and Revolution History (AİT), Turkish Language (TUR) and Foreign Languages (YDL) joint compulsory courses and University Elective Courses (ÜSD) exams to be held in the UNIKA system, the Exam Center and the relevant department chairs (AİT, TUR, YDL) web site pages must be followed.
  2. The date and time of the exams to be held in the UNIKA exam system are determined by the relevant departments/programs and the exam schedules are defined by the student automation (OBS), unit web pages and UNIKA exam system by the units.
  3. Software has been prepared so that students can access the exam system from mobile devices, tablets and computers that they will use in the exams in the UNIKA system. In the multiple-choice exams to be held in the UNIKA exam system, all students will enter from the applications prepared for the online exams. UNIKA online exam applications can be accessed from the Exam Center web page. Students who have problems with application logins, cannot log in to applications or do not have a mobile device, tablet or computer can apply to their own units and take their exams in computer laboratories.
  4. In case of problems encountered during the exam in supervised exams, the situation should be reported to the supervisor by the student and a report should be kept by the supervisor. Make-up exams can only be given to students who are stated in the minutes during the exam.
  5. In the multiple choice exams to be held in the UNIKA exam system, paper, pencil, etc. for calculations. The authority to authorize the use of the materials belongs to the course supervisor.
  6. Students can take exams with any device with UNIKA exam system applications installed. Students are responsible for the devices they will use during the exam and the battery status of the devices. Students who will take the exam should keep their devices ready so that they will not have any problems during the exam. Make-up exams will not be opened for students who will have problems during the exam due to this reason.
  7. Students are required to have the device they will use only for taking the exam when they come to the exams to be held in the UNIKA exam system.
  8. Although it is possible for students to use the internet infrastructure provided by our university during the exam, it should be taken into account that internet connection may not be provided in every exam hall and there may be problems in accessing the internet due to the intensity of use in places where internet connection is available. It is recommended that students have a mobile internet connection on their devices to participate in the exams.
  9. Internet outage, power outage, etc. in the exams to be held without supervision. Such excuses will be required to be documented by the student. Students who do not document their situation will not be given a make-up exam. Documents should be sent to the relevant units. If deemed appropriate, the definition of make-up exams is the responsibility of the relevant units.
  10. Students must be present at the entrance of the exam hall with their student IDs and identity cards/IDs/passports at least 15 minutes before the exam start time specified in the exam schedule. While entering the exams, their IDs will be compared with the information on the exam screen, and students with incorrect information or who do not have their IDs with them will not be admitted to the exam. Students who perform any of the actions of taking the exam on behalf of another student or putting someone else in the exam instead of himself/herself will be processed within the scope of the Higher Education Institutions Student Disciplinary Regulations.
  11. Students are admitted to the exam hall within the first 15 minutes following the exam start time specified in the program. Students who come to the exam hall after that time cannot participate in the exam. The head of the hall and the examiners in the examination hall do not have the authority to open an examination for the student.
  12. During the exam entrance, student information, exam information and the data matrix that will provide the exam access permission will be displayed on the UNIKA exam system screens of the students. Students can access the exam with the approval of the exam inspector with this QR code on the UNIKA exam system screen. Except for unsupervised exams, students cannot access the exam screen without the approval of the supervisor. After starting the exam, students who leave the exam screen due to reasons such as the device to access the exam are turned off, and the exam invigilators need to approve the data matrix again in order to access the exam again.
  13. During the exam, students are obliged to comply with the instructions and warnings of the instructor regarding the exam order.
  14. Students who approve the second warning and end their exam by clicking the "END EXAM" button on the UNIKA exam system screen cannot be re-admitted to the exam, even if the exam period has not expired.
  15. Students cannot leave the exam hall they entered within the first 15 minutes of the exam period. Students who want to leave the exam room before the end of the exam period can ask for permission to leave by showing the inspector in the exam room on the screen of their device that they have exited the exam system. Examiners may not allow students to leave the exam hall when necessary. A student who leaves the hall after finishing the exam cannot re-enter the hall before the end of the exam.
  16. Each student is responsible for their own device until they leave the hall. Until the end of the exam, each student should ensure the security of the exam he has done on his own device and keep it so that it cannot be seen by other students.
  17. It is forbidden for students who have finished the exam to wait in the corridor, enter other exam halls, and speak and signal with students who are still taking the exam.
  18. If the student has an unexpected health problem during the exam and has to leave the exam hall, the examiners record the situation with a report. It is the responsibility of the relevant academic units to give make-up exams to these students.
  19. Students who, for any reason, cannot see their exam on the UNIKA exam system screen despite being in the exam room specified in the exam program, should inform the unit/departmental exam supervisors at the faculty/school/vocational school before the exam and request that the situation be checked. If there is no exam on the UNIKA exam system screen, although the exam is defined at the time of the exam, the relevant student will not be admitted to the exam. The necessary checks are made later for the students in this situation and the authority to organize make-up exams for these students is in the academic units.
  20. Students who act as cheating are asked to exit the exam system immediately, and a report is kept in the exam hall that summarizes the cheating action with the signatures of the officials in the exam hall. If the student resists not submitting the proof of copying or prevents the visual sample from being taken, the situation is also recorded in the minutes. It is strictly forbidden for students to take pictures from their own phones during the exam, to share questions by students in any environment, or to share images about the questions, and attempts made in this regard are considered as cheating.
  21. A student who cheats, attempts to cheat during the exam, helps cheating, or is found to be cheating after the examination of the relevant exam or assignment is given a grade of 0 (zero) from that exam or study and the relevant disciplinary provisions are applied.
  22. The results of the exams made from the UNIKA exam system are published in the OBS system.
  23. Students can object to the examination and re-evaluation of the questions and results in the exams held in the UNIKA system. The objections of students who did not take the exam, were not taken to the exam, or whose exam was deemed invalid are not taken into account. Students are required to contact the lecturers in case of objections regarding the exam questions in the UNIKA system. For objections to the results of the exam, he/she must contact your own faculty/school/myo-department/program in the manner and within the time specified in Article 25 of Karabük University Associate Degree, Undergraduate Education-Teaching Examination Regulations.

Karabuk University Exam Center Board Decision dated 02 March 2022 and numbered 2022/03-(21)